Analysis of Beauty: pl.2
William Hogarth
1753
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 41.3 × 51.8 cm (16 1/4 × 20 3/8 in.) mount: 46.3 × 62.8 cm (18 1/4 × 24 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1944.5.78
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...